Brian James Mehlhorn (Photo courtesy of the Ramsey County sheriff's office)

An Oakdale man who pleaded guilty to second-degree burglary and false imprisonment was sentenced Friday to nearly three years in prison.

Brian James Mehlhorn, 30, was already serving a prison sentence for a motor vehicle theft when Ramsey County District Judge Salvador Rosas sentenced him for the other crimes.

The false imprisonment charge stemmed from a September 2012 incident that began in Shoreview. A 20-year-old woman was smoking a cigarette outside her brother's apartment building when Mehlhorn and another man drove up.

Mehlhorn grabbed the woman and forced her into the car at knifepoint.

The woman later told police that Mehlhorn was angry at her for giving investigators his name in a financial card transaction fraud. He had charges pending against him in alleged scams in Washington and Ramsey counties.